Speaking in Parliament

Jo has spoken out in favour of transparency and accountability of MPs' expenses on many occasions in Parliament. You can watch these contributions on video by going to the Westminster videos tab on the left-hand panel, and read the text of the exchanges using the links below.

30 Apr 09 - Jo supports increased transparency in debate on MPs expenses

2 Feb 09 - Jo calls for transparency on expenses and for the public to have the right to trigger a by-election if unhappy with their MP

22 Jan 09 - Jo makes a speech about MPs' expenses

22 Jan 09 - Jo challenges Harriet Harman to rule out any future attempts to keep MPs' expenses secret

22 Jan 09 - Jo asks for clarity on when we can expect MPs' expenses to be published

13 Nov 08 - Jo questions Harriet Harman on the delay in publishing MPs' expenses

16 Jul 08 - Jo points out the damage to democracy caused by the House of Commons refusing to reform MPs' expenses

18 May 07 - Jo praises the Scottish Parliament system where all MSP expenses are published in detail as a matter of course

28 Mar 07 - Jo opposes extending MPs' allowances

Submission to Review of MPs' expenses

6 Mar 08 - Jo's submission to the review of MPs' expenses

Written Parliamentary Questions

4 Mar 09 - Jo asks whether the Commons has considered implementing an expenses system with as much transparency as the Scottish Parliament

26 Feb 09 - Jo asks what discussions the Commons has had with devolved administrations about their expenses publication systems

3 Feb 09 - Jo asks about the delay to the publication of MPs' expenses

28 Jan 09 - Jo asks when MPs' expenses will be published

20 Nov 08 - Jo asks on what date MPs' expenses will be published (this was due to be in "autumn 2008")